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   The difference between the journalist and the novelist is the deadline… An award given as a story. For quite a while now I have given the rarest of my recognitions – my PF Lifetime Achievement Awards. As I wrote in 2017:  “Finally, we have a PF Lifetime Achievement Award, wherein I honor persons who have produced...

In this Recent Finds I'm pleased to share with you two marvelous new recordings by Jared Sacks, one a Pure DSD256 recording of Brahms solo piano music with my favorite pianist, Anna Fedorova. Also included are two excellent opera recordings: Mozart's Don Giovanni and Barber's Vanessa, each in outstanding sonics. Plus more... Brahms, Intermezzi...

More very brief stuff, here. Another new word for my audiophile lexicon: Argumentarian. You know who you are. Selah... Dr. David

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Sierra Sound has entered into a partnership with venerable turntable designer George Merrill to distribute his line of turntables and analog accessories in the USA. GEM Dandy is the trade name of George Merrill’s line of analog audio equipment, with PolyTable Signature turntable representing their marquis product. In addition to the PolyTable, GEM Dandy manufactures...

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Viola Davis, narrator; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel Deutsche Grammophon 4868159 (EP, WAV download only) I really ought to listen to Peter and the Wolf more often. It's tagged, unfairly, as a children's piece, but, performed with a modicum of sophistication, it's charmingly entertaining. Here in New York, the Philharmonic... ...